conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)
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The Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS) is a key part of the UK financial regulatory framework that sets detailed rules and standards for how financial firms must treat and interact with their clients.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conduct of Business Rules | 2 |
| Conduct of Business (COB) Module | 1 |
| Conduct of Business Sourcebook | 1 |
| conduct of business sourcebook (COBS) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1975582 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: conduct of business sourcebook (COBS) Context triple: [Financial Conduct Authority, issues, conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)]
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A.
Model Code of Professional Responsibility
The Model Code of Professional Responsibility was the American Bar Association’s former framework of ethical standards and disciplinary rules governing lawyers’ professional conduct in the United States.
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B.
CoE
CoE is the commonly used abbreviation for the Council of Europe, a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
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C.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct are a set of ethical standards and guidelines that govern the professional behavior and responsibilities of lawyers in the United States.
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D.
Standards Code
The Standards Code was a multilateral trade agreement under the GATT that established detailed rules to prevent technical regulations and product standards from becoming disguised barriers to international trade.
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E.
Editors' Code of Practice
The Editors' Code of Practice is a set of ethical and professional standards that regulates the conduct and content of the British press.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: conduct of business sourcebook (COBS) Target entity description: The Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS) is a key part of the UK financial regulatory framework that sets detailed rules and standards for how financial firms must treat and interact with their clients.
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A.
Model Code of Professional Responsibility
The Model Code of Professional Responsibility was the American Bar Association’s former framework of ethical standards and disciplinary rules governing lawyers’ professional conduct in the United States.
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B.
CoE
CoE is the commonly used abbreviation for the Council of Europe, a pan-European intergovernmental organization focused on promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
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C.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct are a set of ethical standards and guidelines that govern the professional behavior and responsibilities of lawyers in the United States.
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D.
Standards Code
The Standards Code was a multilateral trade agreement under the GATT that established detailed rules to prevent technical regulations and product standards from becoming disguised barriers to international trade.
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E.
Editors' Code of Practice
The Editors' Code of Practice is a set of ethical and professional standards that regulates the conduct and content of the British press.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FCA Handbook module
ⓘ
financial regulation rulebook ⓘ |
| abbreviation | COBS ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
MiFID investment firms
ⓘ
linked to:
Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation
UCITS management companies ⓘ advisers on retail investment products ⓘ asset managers ⓘ firms carrying out designated investment business ⓘ insurance intermediaries ⓘ investment firms ⓘ retail banks ⓘ |
| contains |
evidential provisions
ⓘ
guidance ⓘ rules ⓘ transitional provisions ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
how firms treat clients
ⓘ
standards for client interactions ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ⓘ |
| objective |
consumer protection
ⓘ
market integrity ⓘ promoting effective competition in the interests of consumers ⓘ |
| partOf |
FCA Handbook
ⓘ
linked to:
FCA
|
| predecessor |
Conduct of Business Rules
ⓘ
linked to:
conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)
|
| regulates |
appropriateness assessments
ⓘ
best execution ⓘ cancellation and withdrawal rights ⓘ client agreements ⓘ client categorisation ⓘ client communications ⓘ client order handling ⓘ complaints handling interfaces with DISP ⓘ conduct of business standards ⓘ conflicts of interest management ⓘ disclosure of costs and charges ⓘ distance marketing of financial services ⓘ execution-only sales conditions ⓘ financial promotions ⓘ inducements and commissions ⓘ insurance distribution conduct standards ⓘ mortgage and home finance advice conduct ⓘ packaged products advice ⓘ pension transfer advice conduct ⓘ periodic reporting to clients ⓘ product disclosure ⓘ record-keeping for client business ⓘ suitability of advice ⓘ |
| regulator | Financial Conduct Authority ⓘ |
| replaced |
Conduct of Business Rules
ⓘ
linked to:
conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: conduct of business sourcebook (COBS) Description of subject: The Conduct of Business Sourcebook (COBS) is a key part of the UK financial regulatory framework that sets detailed rules and standards for how financial firms must treat and interact with their clients.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)
linked to: conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)
subject linked to:
conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)
linked to: conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)
linked to: conduct of business sourcebook (COBS)